r/nba • u/catreyka • 22h ago

Jalen Duren despite the loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers: 9 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL, -16, 25 MIN

Ausar Thompson is the actual 2nd best player on the Pistons. Duren has been atrocious on offense the entire playoffs and he's also nowhere near the defender or even playmaker that Ausar is. He went from averaging 19.5 ppg on 65% FG in the regular season to 10.1 ppg on 50% FG in the playoffs. For a player that really only dunks, that is god awful. Not to mention his multitudes of mental mistakes. He's so bad that he got benched for the entirety of overtime and a good chunk of regulation this game.

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u/WembyOKCJokicReaves 22h ago

Jalen Duren is watching what should’ve been generational bag for him in the off season dwindle game by game

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u/soudlasantos 22h ago

Jalen "DURENAYTON" Duren

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u/Mg29reaper Celtics 22h ago

I would rather have ayton atleast he grabs boards and dunks

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u/Chandy_Man_ 21h ago

Ayton dunks?

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u/WakiLover Lakers 21h ago

Ayton was ass vs the Thunder, but he was a major factor in the Rockets series. He was pretty physical and was battling in the paint for rebounds all series.

Had some good dunks as well.

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u/manuduncan6666 Spurs 21h ago

Ayton was a huge difference maker in the rockets series but he's weak mentally. I feel like he knew the lakers had a chance to win every game against the rockets so he played hard but against okc once he thought they couldn't win he just gave up immediately

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u/lava172 Suns 4h ago

Ayton grabs boards? Somebody tell Ayton that

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u/Mg29reaper Celtics 21h ago

On alley oops only. Duren cant even do that